A recent survey on the situation of Amazon warehouse workers in the United States revealed a worrying panorama about the situation that many of them are experiencing. According to the data revealed by the study, more than half of the workers who were consulted have problems to pay rent, bills and even to eat.
The survey included the participation of 1,484 Amazon warehouse workers in 42 states in the United States and was carried out by the Center for Urban Economic Development at the University of Illinois Chicago. According to the data that emerged from the investigation, 56 percent of workers said they had problems paying their bills in a timely manner with your salary during the last three months. In that same period of time, 48 percent had problems with rents or the cost of housing, while 53 percent experienced problems with their diet.
In parallel to this, according to a statement that was cited by CBS News, 69 percent of workers had to take unpaid leave due to injuries or exhaustion resulting from their work. Among them, 60 percent said they faced difficulties in feeding themselves during that period. The survey comes with an Amazon minimum wage that stands at US$15 an houran amount that was last determined in 2018.
Amazon workers expressed problems with their salary.
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Amazon defended itself against accusations of low salaries for its warehouse employees
After this survey was released, the company questioned the methodology usedquestioning the reliability of the data, and assured that currently the average salary of its workers is US$20.50 per hour.
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